Locked Away

Locked away inside myself
I have forgotten who I am
The girl inside me screams
Into the emptiness
That I have become
Once I lived for life
Each heartbeat strongly felt
Now inside she dies
Buried beneath
What others want me to be
Riding through the night
Inside a dream
I struggle to be let out
I want to scream
I want to run
Throw off my heavy clothes
Run naked in the field.
Find myself again
Learn to feel
Instead of hide behind
The boring, mundane world
That I have built around me
The world that has nearly killed me
Let me out.
I want to be
Set me free
Let me breathe
Run, run like the wind
Naked and free.